CIA Gets New Powers To Eliminate Bin Laden As UAVs Get Armed
The Predator UAV is now being armed with Hellfire anti tank missiles in case of any unexpected opportunities for termination |
Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2001
US President George W. Bush has explicitly ordered the CIA to eliminate Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network, and has granted the agency sweeping powers to do so, the Washington Post reported Sunday, quoting senior US government officials.
The president also added more than one billion dollars to the agency's war on terrorism, most of it for the new covert action, the report said.
The operation will include what officials said is "unprecedented" coordination between the Central Intelligence Agency and commando and other military units, according to the Post.
Bush has instructed the CIA to attack bin Laden's communications, security apparatus and infrastructure, the paper quoted senior government officials as saying.
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